Buenos Aires

This city is huge. I have already spent a week here and there is still a lot to see.

I really love the streets here and the buildings. Many of them are very European, mostly from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th just like Budapest. They also built the first metro line not much later after Budapest in 1913, 13th in the world and first in spanish speaking countries . And it is really similar to the one in Budapest, although it was built following the example of the London underground. Today they have 6 lines and in the city center it is easy to move around using only the metro and it is also super cheap one ticket costs only 30 Pesos.

San Telmo Is a really nice neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Mostly old, two story buildings. It’s also a very touristic area, with small parks, bars, restaurants, and museums.

Puerto Madero is a new, fancy residential area, with high buildings and nice parks, which was a port before. The old storage buildings of the Port became restaurants, bars and clubs. Behind the line of skyscrapers there is a big Ecological park as well where I met some animals.

La Boca is something you definitely heard of before if you follow football. Here is the stadium of the famous team Boca Juniors. The whole area of the city is Blue and yellow because of the colours of the team. Very close to the stadium there is Caminito which is one of the most famous parts of the city among tourists, however it is considered unsafe, especially at night.

MALBA museum has a collection of art pieces from all over South America. I really recommend it. There are some really good works and they always have temporary exhibitions as well. When I was visiting they had an interesting foto collection about transsexuals related to hungary. The fotos were taken by Magdolna Mandel who was born in Budapest in a jewish family and later fled to Argentina. After the Museum we also wanted to visit Recoleta Cemetery, but unfortunately it has been closed lately. We were only able to see a little bit of it from the balcony of a nearby shopping mall. It looks amazing.

Artes Bellas is a Fine Art museum. There are some famous names like Picasso or Modigliani, however in my opinion the best works were from locals. The collection is quite small but I think it is better that way because you can’t get overwhelmed.

Palacio Barolo is a landmark office building of Buenos Aires. It was built between 1919 and 1923. Sponsored by Luis Barolo textile manufacturer and the architect was Mario Palanti both from Italy. The building can be only visited with a guide, but it is worth it. With its 100 meter it is still one of the highest buildings of Buenos Aires which means that the view from the top is incredible.

Congreso When I went to check the congress building I went further two stations only to walk back a little and discover the neighborhood. In this area there are still a lot of beautiful, old buildings but the most interesting part was that I felt a little like I was in a huge market. hundreds of shops were on the street and the sidewalk was full of people selling their things. It was chaotic. Sometimes I couldn’t even walk, so I had to go to the street, but the street was also full with cars. As soon as I got closer to the Congress the market became less intense and the streets became more European again. The building itself is outstanding. I can only compare it to the Hungarian Parliament building. When I arrived there was a huge protest with hundreds of flags, drums, smoke bombs everything. I don’t really know what it was about, but I saw some Che Gevara T-shirts. Most of the people seemed idigenius. Also saw many transparents saying: Justicia Por Lucas Gonzalez. He was killed by the Police a few days ago.

Museo Histórico NacionalI was planning to visit this Museum, but I almost forgot. I was sitting in a park, when I decided to go and prepared for another long walk to get there. But I didn’t need any walk. Accidentally I was right next to this museum. It was much smaller than I expected. It only told the story of the way to Independence, and the war against Paraguay. However it was free so there was no harm in visiting it.

I spent the last seven days at Hostel Che Juan and I loved it. It is cheap, clean and has a good location. The people I met here were amazing. They were a really good company for sightseeing, museums, dinner and drinks. I recommend it a hundred percent.

Things I have missed so farAlthough I saw a lot of things there are quite a few things which I should see if I will be back. I didn’t see the district Palermo, where most of the good pubs are, botanical Garden, Japanese Garden and who knows what else. I didn't go inside the famous stadiums of Boca Juniors and River Plate. I haven't visited any of the rooftop bars. Recoleta cemetery was closed. Maybe I will have a chance to do these things.